Wheel for tractors



A. SCOTTI.

WHEEL FOR TRACTORS.

APPLICATION FILED APII.6. 192|.-

1,420,8'70. Patenten-11116211922.

siren lade `VHEEL FOR TRACTORS.

Application led llpril G, 1921.

To @ZZ w 710m t may Concern Be it known that ALFREDO Scorri, a citizen ol. the United States7 residing llllhittier, in the county of Los Angeles anc1 State oi California, have invented a new and useful Wheel tor Tractors, or" which the tollowing is a specication.

My invention relates to traction wheels, being more particularly a traction wheel such as is used on tractors for pulling iarm implements and the like.

The principal object of my invention is to produce a traction wheel ol simple form which is particularly adapted for use in light and sandy soils.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter from the following description and drawings.

Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only,

Fig. l is a side elevation of a traction wheel embodying a torni oi my invention.

Fig. 2 is a face view oit the wheel shown in Fig. 3 is a sectional'view on line 3 3, F ig. l, and

Fig ll' is a perspective view oit a flight member.

rlhe wheel consists of a flat rim ll which forms the tread of the wheel, such rim being connected by spokes l2 to the hub i3.

rlhis wheel is provided with a plurality ot flight members 14k, each consisting of a ilate l5 forming a tread portion and two outwardly extending arms or bladeslG forming flights.

These flight members A are attached to the rim 1l in the following manner:

The plate l5 is placed against the underside ol, the rim l1 with the flight members extending outwardly radially of the wheel at both sides of the rim, the plate l5 being Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented J une 2'?, 1922.

eral No. 458,896.

secured to the inner side of the rim by means or suitable bolts indicated. at 18, the nuts 19 on such bolts being upon the outside ot' the rim'of the wheel, as shown.

By constructing a traction wheel in the manner above described, l have discovered that the wheel is particularly eiiicient in light soils and particularly so in soils of a sandy nature, the flights extending into the soil and giving necessary traction to the wheel and the ends of the plate l5 extending beyond each side of the rim il constitute additional tread surface for the wheel. The length of the flights beyond the rini or tread ot the wheel when operating in ordinary light soil is such as to permit the rim oiI the wheel to ride lightly on the surface of the ground, but in sand and very light soil, the additional tread surface ol: the plates i5 support the wheel.

ldlheels, designed as above described, are not subject to packing of the soil on the wheel as takes place on wheels provideCL with flights of the tread of the wheel, as the flights are arranged at the sides oic the wht, tread.

I claim as my invention:

in combination with a traction wheel having a rim, a flight member for said wheel comprising an integral member consisting' of a :dat plate having a blade formed ou each end thereoi at the edge or" said plate and extending outwardly therefrom at each side ot the rim of the wheel, and means for securing said plate directly to the rim whereby said plate forms substantial lateral tread surfaces on both sides oi the rim.

in testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this ist day of lipril, 1921.

ALFREDO SCOTTI. 

